Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Pteriomorphia > Order Ostreida > Superfamily Ostreoidea > Family Ostreidae > Subfamily Ostreinae > Genus Ostrea

Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ostrea*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Ostraea*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Ostreola*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Tiostrea*	Chanley & Dinamani, 1980	synonym

Species group names

*Ostrea capsa*	Fischer von Waldheim, 1807	synonym
*Ostrea curvata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Ostrea edulis var. mimetica*	De Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Ostrea pauciplicata*	Deshayes, 1835	synonym
*Ostrea stentina var. isseli*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1887	synonym
*Ostrea stentina var. pepratxi*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1887	synonym
*Ostreola parenzani*	Settepassi, 1974	synonym
*Ostreola stentina*	(Payraudeau, 1826)	synonym

Literature

original description	Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches représentant quatre-vingt-huit espèces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. Imprimerie de J. Tastu, Paris, vii + 218 pp., pls. 1-8.
basis of record	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Hu L. [Lisha], Wang H. [Haiyan], Zhang Z. [Zhen], Li, C. [Cui] & Guo X. [Ximing]. (2019). Classification of small flat oysters of Ostrea stentina species complex and a new species Ostrea neostentina sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Journal of Shellfish Research. 38(2): 295-308.
additional source	Shilts, M. H.; Pascual, M. S.; Foighil, D. (2007). Systematic, taxonomic and biogeographic relationships of Argentine flat oysters. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44: 467-473.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostrea stentina Payraudeau, 1826. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:489077